Soon after the entry period opening several challengers were received by the RNZYS and Emirates Team New Zealand…

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Hosted by the World Cruising Club, the 36th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) began their ocean crossing on November 21 from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria toward the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. But bad news is now reported concerning a casualty among the 141 participating yachts

Max Delannoy, a crew member on board the ARC yacht Agecanonix, perished during the night of November 26-27. The full circumstances of the incident are not known at this point.

The three-man, all French crew, were sailing Agecanonix, an X-Yachts X4.3, as part of the ARC IRC Racing Division, and had opted for a course well to the north of the rhumb line route to Saint Lucia, aiming to avoid the light winds affecting the southerly route close to Cape Verde.

A MAYDAY call was made from the Agecanonix around midnight November 26-27 requesting a medical evacuation. However, the injured crew member Max Delannoy was declared dead before any outside help could be provided…

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Whether the preference is to bash World Sailing, which is often not hard, or to cheerlead for the venerable Finn Class, the process for selecting the events and equipment for Paris 2024 Olympics was not without peril.

But with clear directives from the International Olympic Committee, it was the heavy singlehander, used in the Olympics since 1952, which held the short stick. The writing was on the wall for those that chose to read it.

The selection process made for lively debate, and much mud throwing. For those that ignored the context, they also ignored the effort to retain the class which had advanced so many great sailors. But the square peg and the round hole remained, and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was its last hurrah…

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And now with the new Covid Variant, we’d guess The Boot isn’t looking too good…

For a safe staging of boot 2022,  the world’s largest water sports trade fair,  Messe Düsseldorf has again adapted its hygiene measures in line with the Covid Protection Ordinance of its home state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was updated on November 24.

Most important is the introduction of the regulation for access to the boot halls. Only vaccinated or recovered attendees will be allowed to enter the boot halls during the event. The status of all visitors will be checked at the entrances of the fairground. Children up to 15 years of age are not affected by the measures in the North Rhine-Westphalian regulation.

The vaccinated or recovered regulation for visitors will be implemented at boot since it has a clear recreational character, especially for the many end consumers. Boot will take place from January 22 – 30, 2022 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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The 2021 ILCA6 Radial Women’s World Championship at Al-Musannah Sports City, Oman has attracted 64 Entries from 31 Countries…

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Charal’s arrival completes the IMOCA podium but the racing rages on, especially for 4th and 5th between Initiatives Coeur and Arkéa-Paprec. The front of the Class 40 remains incredibly close with the current leader now just 600 miles from the finish…

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An annual report from the University of Illinois at Chicago, based on an analysis of the public corruption statistics published by the U.S. Department of Justice, finds Chicago as America’s most corrupt city, and Illinois the third-most corrupt state. But, apparently, not corrupt enough.

When the Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics was unsuccessful, losing out alongside Madrid and Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro, it was a result of a massive corruption plot by the Brazilians to buy the selection.

The legacy from the Rio 2016 Games is mostly sadness. The total amount spent was a little over 39 billion Brazilian real (around $7.4bn today). Stadiums are unused and decaying. Projects to improve quality of life became promises unkept. And now public officials are to be imprisoned for their efforts.

Former Rio 2016 and Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman has been sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for buying votes for the Brazilian city’s successful bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Nuzman was found guilty of corruption, criminal organization, money laundering and tax evasion in a decision announced by judge Marcelo Bretas, head of the 7th Federal Criminal Court in Rio de Janeiro.

The 79-year-old, a former volleyball player who represented Brazil at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, will not be jailed until the appeals process has been completed.

Former Rio de Janeiro Governor Sérgio Cabral and Leonardo Gryner, the former director general of Rio 2016, were also sentenced to prison terms.

In his testimony, Cabral also said that a former Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, convicted of corruption and money laundering in 2017, and Eduardo Paes, the Rio de Janeiro Mayor during the bid for the Games, had been aware of the bribery scheme but had not participated directly.

Cabral, who has been in jail since 2016 serving a 200-year prison sentence for fraud and corruption, told Bretas two years ago he had paid about $2 million in exchange for up to six votes for Rio from IOC members…

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Ahead of the upcoming Australia Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG, defending SailGP champion Kyle Langford and helmsman for the Japan SailGP Team Nathan Outteridge surprised the Lake Macquarie community by visiting with the SailGP Championship trophy…

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We asked our skippers what brought them to sign up for the Global Solo Challenge and below we picked a selection of answers which gives a feel of how the event is perceived by entrants…

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Emirates Team New Zealand have been served with legal letters directed at Grant Dalton in what is described by Team New Zealand as an attempted act of intimidation…

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Singapore’s fifteen years old Max Maeder was fast out of the blocks at the 2021 KiteFoil World Series Fuerteventura with three back-to-back wins…

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The winner of the last edition of the race in the Class 40 has sustained keel damage, whilst bad weather off Martinique may delay the finish for the leading IMOCAs…

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The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has decided on the 9th of December to hold the ‘Special General Meeting’ to discuss with the membership the venue for America’s Cup 37. This is in response to (I understand) a petition from 33 RNZYS members for such a discussion.

Instead of commenting on the statement from the Squadron committee, I will quote it here: ” There needs to be a reality check in respect to a New Zealand-based AC37 Match. ETNZ needs to secure funding, with local and central Government support, to hold this event in Auckland. Unless this happens, we need to consider offshore venues. The consequences of not doing so are potentially dire – no cup defense at all, and giving the America’s Cup back having been unable to stage a defense and meet our obligations under the Deed of Gift.”

“This means the loss of the America’s Cup, the loss of our Team New Zealand, and the potential loss of future America’s Cup challenges from the RNZYS, and most likely New Zealand. So, while we understand and support the sentiment of the petition and their desire to “have the event in New Zealand”, the answer is not that simple.”

What the committee is saying is exactly what we commented on Sailing Anarchy weeks ago when the naysayers started to sound off about an ‘offshore’ defense.

It is no secret that Haas is not at the front of the grid in motor racing’s F1 because their budget is a fraction of Mercedes or Red Bull. To stand any chance of successfully defending ETNZ has to have a realistic R & D budget to be able to, just as an example,  properly analyze any shared recon information they receive…

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The Irish Examiner has reported that a new America’s Cup ‘set-up’ in Cork has been pitched to civil servants in a bid to keep the city’s hopes of hosting the 2024 yacht race afloat…

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The breeze looks patchy over the final miles to the finish at Fort de France on Martinique, but Thomas Ruyant and Morgan Lagravière are firmly on course for LinkedOut’s first big win in the IMOCA Class…

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In March of 2019, the National Sailing Hall of Fame purchased the historic Armory Building on Thames Street in downtown Newport, RI, and relocated all operations to the Northeast. Shortly after a partnership with the Herreshoff Marine Museum was formed that will bring an America’s Cup Hall of Fame experience to the same space. And so, The Sailing Museum was born.

This new home will preserve the heritage of sailing and honor those who have shaped the sport we know today. In a welcoming and inclusive setting, visitors will be invited to explore the interactive exhibits and immersive displays that will share sailing like never-before.

Over the last two years, the property has undergone extensive renovation and restoration to both the interior and exterior in preparation for its’ future use. With a planned opening in Mary 2022, exhibits are being installed, artifacts mounted and volunteers and staff recruited and trained.

Ever since Buddy Melges’ induction in the first class in 2011, ice boaters have numbered among the elite sailors honored by the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Other hard water inductees include Peter Barrett, Olaf and Peter Harken, Jan and Meade Gougeon, Bill Bensten, Herbert Lawrence Stone (who authored books and articles), Bill Mattison, and Jane Pegel…

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They waited for the sun to shine over Martinique before lining the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild up with Diamond Rock and taking full advantage of their crushing victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre…

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